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Inaction by Ga. House will help car-crash plaintiffs who weren't wearing their seatbelts still hit jackpots

By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Mar 27, 2024 @ 9:36am

ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - When a Georgia woman's airbag didn't deploy during a 2020 crash, she hit her head on the windshield and sued Ford, which figured it had the ultimate defense: She wasn't even wearing her seatbelt.
Coronavirus roundup: States pass lawsuit-protection measures as Pennsylvania resists

By Nicholas Malfitano | Friday, Apr 17, 2020 @ 6:41am

ATLANTA – As the nation continues to persevere through the coronavirus pandemic, more states are continuing to pass legal immunity protections for health care providers and in the ones which have yet do to so, a groundswell of support for such action is building.